PARLIAMENT HOUSE FACADE — Rising two storeys high, on the gentle slopes of Capital Hill, the Federal Parliament House stands in dazzling white against a background of high,hills. The building itself covers an area of four acres, and in addition to the legislative chambers —the Senate and House of Representatives — contains one hundred and eighty two rooms. The building was designed and constructed by the Commonwealth Works Department, was four years in building and cost over half a million pounds.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1940, Page 5
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79PARLIAMENT HOUSE FACADE—Rising two storeys high, on the gentle slopes of Capital Hill, the Federal Parliament House stands in dazzling white against a background of high,hills. The building itself covers an area of four acres, and in addition to the legislative chambers—the Senate and House of Representatives— contains one hundred and eighty two rooms. The building was designed and constructed by the Commonwealth Works Department, was four years in building and cost over half a million pounds. Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1940, Page 5
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